The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two teenage
boys, Gideon Harrison and Ifeanyi Ezeorji, for allegedly having sex with each
other in the Ikotun area of Lagos.
According to PUNCH Metro, while Harrison is 19 years old, had finished secondary school education. Ezeorji is just 14 and a Senior Secondary School pupil 1 in Igando High School, Ikotun Road. The two were arrested on October 23 by the Ikotun Police Division.
According to the police, Harrison and Ezeorji had sex with each other through the anus, an act known as sodomy. The complainant, one Toheeb Adekunle, who stays on Muka Street, Ijegun Road and works inside the Ikotun Motor Park, caught the two boys in the act, and reported the matter to the police. Adekunle was said to have told the police that Harrison had the habit of sleeping with boys in the area.
When PUNCH visited the area on Friday, a police source said the two boys had
been taken to the State Criminal Investigations Department, Yaba, adding that
they would be charged to court soon.
According to PUNCH Metro, while Harrison is 19 years old, had finished secondary school education. Ezeorji is just 14 and a Senior Secondary School pupil 1 in Igando High School, Ikotun Road. The two were arrested on October 23 by the Ikotun Police Division.
According to the police, Harrison and Ezeorji had sex with each other through the anus, an act known as sodomy. The complainant, one Toheeb Adekunle, who stays on Muka Street, Ijegun Road and works inside the Ikotun Motor Park, caught the two boys in the act, and reported the matter to the police. Adekunle was said to have told the police that Harrison had the habit of sleeping with boys in the area.
At Ezeorji’s family apartment on Oladunjoye Street, Ikotun, his mother, Mrs. Chinyere Ezeorji, said that her son was a responsible boy who would never indulge in such an act. She added that he is still a virgin. She said:
“My son is just 14 years old. He does not do such things. He
is not even mature yet. He takes his bath outside, some times in the presence
of his sisters to tell you that he is young. His father had died in September
this year, and we have yet to bury him. The family is still grieving him. All I
know is that there is no truth in the allegation.
I don’t know about the other man. I have not even met him.
On the day of the alleged incident, my son had strolled to the motor park, and
there was a street fight. My son then told me later on that he was simply
watching the fight, and he had been arrested by the police.”
When PUNCH visited Adekunle’s house address on Ijegun Road,
his neighbours said he was no longer living in the place as he had moved to an
unknown place in Ikotun. All efforts to also locate Harrison’s house or his
family for comment were unsuccessful as of the time of this report.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, while confirming the arrest of the boys, said the suspects had also been charged to court. He said:
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, while confirming the arrest of the boys, said the suspects had also been charged to court. He said:
“Yes, they were arrested by the Ikotun Police
Division, and they have been charged to court. In law, this offence is called
sodomy, and it carries with it about seven to 14 years imprisonment if found
guilty, going by an Act of the National Assembly. You know, it is even against
culture and religion. The Christian, Islamic and even the traditional religions
condemn this in its entirety. So, the case has been taken to court.”
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